To provide directional suggestions for the establishment of international clinical practice guidelines for acupuncture and moxibustion by investigating the current situation of clinical practice guidelines for acupuncture and moxibustion at home and abroad. The clinical practice guidelines were obtained by questionnaire survey, database retrieval and experts consulting. The guidelines were read carefully, and the content was analyzed. A total of 27 acupuncture-moxibustion clinical practice guidelines were retrieved, of which most of the guidelines came from China. The definition and scope of "acupuncture and moxibustion "vary according to different guidelines; and the focus of the content and the method of establishing the guidelines are quite different, so it is very necessary to unify the formulation methods of acupuncture-moxibustion clinical practice guidelines. Chinese clinical practice guidelines for acupuncture and moxibustion were characterized by taking the ancient literature as the evidence. Excavating the value of ancient literature and clinical experience of acupuncture-moxibustion experts are the key points and difficulties in the developing of clinical practice guidelines of acupuncture and moxibustion in the future.
调查国内外针灸临床实践指南制定现状，为当前国际针灸临床实践指南的制定提出方向性建议。采用问卷调查、数据库检索、专家咨询的形式获取针灸临床实践指南，仔细阅读全文，并对内容进行分析。检索到相关针灸临床实践指南27部，其中中国针灸临床实践指南数量最多。各国指南中对“针灸”的定义范围不同，指南内容的侧重点和制定方法差异较大，有必要对指南制定方法进行统一；古籍文献作为证据是中国针灸临床实践指南的特色，挖掘针灸古代文献价值和针灸大家的临床经验，是以后针灸临床实践指南制定的关键点和难点。.
Keywords: acupuncture and moxibustion; clinical practice guideline; establishment method.